Data Science & AI/ML Lead

About The Role

As a Data Science & AI/ML Lead, you will make an impact by leading the design, development, and optimization of enterprise AI solutions that transform experimental models into scalable, production-grade capabilities. You will be a valued member of the AI Engineering team and work collaboratively with architects, data engineers, cloud specialists, and business stakeholders to deliver innovative AI-powered solutions.

In This Role, You Will

Lead the development of AI and machine learning solutions, including data preparation, model training, fine-tuning, and deployment strategies.
Design and implement scalable data pipelines to curate, cleanse, and prepare structured and unstructured data for machine learning and foundation model training.
Build and optimize complex agentic AI workflows using up-to-date orchestration frameworks to drive intelligent automation and decision-making.
Architect advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions, including semantic search, vector embeddings, re-ranking strategies,



and document retrieval optimization.
Establish robust evaluation and benchmarking frameworks to measure model accuracy, reliability, safety, and performance while collaborating on cloud-native AI deployments.

Work model

For Hybrid Roles

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring [X] days a week in a client or Cognizant office in [Location]. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.

The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.

What You Need To Have To Be Considered

10+ years of experience in Data Scien

📌 Manager-Data Science (Hyderabad)
🏢 Cognizant
📍 Hyderabad